Audience Awards

The 35,000+ audience members who attended the 34th Portland International Film Festival have selected their favorite films from among the 88 features and 43 shorts screened February 10-26.

Audience winners include Best Narrative Feature INCENDIES (Canada) and Best Documentary Feature HOW TO DIE IN OREGON (United States). The winners of the Best New Directors Award are Greg Jacobs and Jon Siskel with LOUDER THAN A BOMB (United States).

This year’s Short Film Award goes to Canadian filmmaker Adrea Dorfman with the film FLAWED.

NARRATIVE FEATURES

INCENDIES / Canada / Denis Villeneuve - BEST NARRATIVE AWARD

IN A BETTER WORLD / Denmark / Susanne Bier

EVEN THE RAIN / Spain / Icíar Bollaín

A SOMEWHAT GENTLE MAN / Norway / Hans Petter Moland

A BAREFOOT DREAM / South Korea / Kim Tae-Kyun

THE WHISTLEBLOWER / Canada / Larysa Kondracki

THE FIRST GRADER / Great Britain / Justin Chadwick

OF GODS AND MEN / France / Xavier Beauvois

AFTERSHOCK / China / Feng Xiaogang

HERMANO / Venezuela / Marcel Rasquin

DOCUMENTARY FEATURES

HOW TO DIE IN OREGON / United States / Peter D. Richardson - BEST DOCUMENTARY AWARD

LOUDER THAN A BOMB / United States / Greg Jacobs and Jon Siskel - BEST NEW DIRECTORS AWARD

NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT / Chile / Patricio Guzmán

BUDRUS / United States / Julia Bacha

CAMERAMAN: THE LIFE AND WORK OF JACK CARDIFF / United States / Craig McCall